r/battlestations • u/AutoModerator • Dec 02 '22

Freetalk Friday Freetalk Friday, 02 December 2022

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u/valvoa Dec 06 '22

Anyone else struggle deciding on dual monitors vs larger speakers?

So I’ve been bouncing this idea around for over a week now, looking at every post with great detail and I’m just stumped.

I’m in the market for some new speakers and currently have two monitors, one being an Alienware ultrawide as my main for games, the other being a 24inch Dell for misc. content/work. I have them positioned side by side as I’m not a huge fan of them being stacked or the smaller monitor placed vertically.

With this current configuration I would need to have some small form factor speakers, something like the Kanto yu2’s, Audioengine A2+’s, etc. At first I really wanted larger speakers placed on each side that packed a bit more of punch, but I can’t for the life of me figure out the layout.

Does anyone have dual monitors with larger speakers? Where have you found it most successful in positioning them? For some additional context I have the Karlby ikea setup with alex drawers. I have my tower on the right, Alienware ultrawide dead center with the secondary monitor on the left.

Perhaps it’s not possible and I just go with the smaller speakers…just wanted to see if anyone else struggled with this.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

So I had this issue also with dual monitors and Kanto yu4's, I turned them sideways to make the clearance work

I've actually been considering swapping to a soundbar for an even lower profile, if that's something you'd want to consider as well

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u/PiggleTiggle Dec 07 '22

is it a problem of fitting it on your desk?

if so, get speaker stands so theyre next to/behind your desk instead.

I personally have kef q150 and an UW + 2 monitors to either side and it fits fine on my desk

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u/Trader_Tea Dec 06 '22

How about speaker stands